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How Can I Preserve my Identity?
“If I eliminate everything you think is clutter and if I strip very sentence to its barest bones,will there be anything left for me?” Zinsser Writing is a matter of putting together ideas, thoughts, and feelings in their material form: words. But writing well is something that goes far beyond this concrete act. It is ultimately a question of confronting and solving problems: how to obtain facts, organize the material, and follow an approach. But most of all, it may be a problem of detecting our own style and try to preserve it. It is true that our words cannot be abandoned to their fate. They need a mind and a hand that help them to find the right place into a sentence, to fit harmoniously among all the pieces in a paragraph, a devoted work of polishing and carpentry. Strunk proposes his seven rules of usage, eleven of composition, some matters of form, and a list of words and expressions commonly misused and Zinsser talks about the transaction, simplicity, clutter, style and audience. Many other writers as well, give their advice on how to use these tools and strategies to become better writers.

Thanks God they have shared with us their experience and talent and it is up to us if we decide to take these precious gifts and use them. But how can it be done without losing our particularity? Now, we know that learning our craft takes time and that nobody becomes a good writer overnight. We have learnt that there is not a stage where you come and finally find your style, that style is a natural feature of who writes and that if we try to add style to our words they could sound strange and could get a sense of detachment. This is the problem that has to be faced every time a writer sits down to do his work. How to maintain this essence that makes our writing unique? I found a lot of comfort in Zinsser words. He says that we should believe in our own identity and own opinions. It encourages me to keep writing; learning from my many failures and my few achievements trying to follow his fundamental rule: “Be yourself”. Written by Celyna Roldán V.